Apple isn't the only one profiting handsomely from the sales. More than a few parties have tried to cash in on users' iPad 2 fever by flipping their devices to eager customers--for a price.

In many cases, you'll pay dearly for one of these resold tablets. The iPad 2, which starts at $499, is not cheap to begin with, but Apple's prices look like a deal next to the markups others are charging. While some sellers charge two to three times more than Apple, at least one grifter has jacked up a single iPad 2's price to $13,500.

Take a look through our slideshow (below) showcasing some of the most expensive places to buy an iPad 2. Have you seen other places where sellers are charging out-of-control prices? Share your finds via the "Add a slide" tool.

According to the <em><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ipad_cads_scalping_buyers_A2bbbo5OkXOYxWFdmktFxJ" target="_hplink">New York Post</a></em>, a ring of scalpers descended on Apple's Fifth Avenue store last weekend and paid people standing in line to help snap up all available iPad 2 stock. The group then began hawking the sought-after devices, reportedly charging as much as $1,700 to $2,000 for a top-of-the-line iPad 2 (normally $829). The group's leader told the <em>Post</em> that a portion of these ill-gotten iPads were headed for China, where the new gadget has yet to launch.